I think I understand what our
political leaders are attempting to do by their barrage of rhetoric regarding
the "true nature" of Islam. I support unity in the US fight
against terror; I am behind our President and our forces, I will go and
fight if needed; I desire peace on American soil and around the world, but
NOT AT THE PRICE OF TRUTH. There is a subtle doctrine being promoted
in our press right now that is dangerous. A reader responded to a recent
article by urging me to stand behind the President and to not promote division.
He informed me that Allah was just "another word for God". Hear
me scream: NO! ALLAH AND GOD ARE NOT THE SAME! We have a case of
stolen identity here. We must determine the differences between God and
Allah by their attributes.

From Foundation Magazine
September-October 2001 issue. "No, Christians and Muslims do not worship
the same God. Christians worship a God who has declared Himself to mankind
through the person and work of Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh.
Muslims worship an impersonal god who is so transcendent that he is unknowable.
They adamantly reject the fact that Jesus Christ is God. Christians worship
a God who saves mankind by His grace through faith alone in the person and
work of Jesus Christ. Muslims worship a god who requires them to perform
a wide variety of works, rites and rituals in order for them to even hope
to experience a paradise in the life hereafter. Christians worship a God
who indwells them in the person of the Holy Spirit and keeps them secure
throughout their lives. Muslims reject any God who indwells them and has
such a personal relationship with mankind."

There are religious leaders
who are making statements indicating that God and Allah are the same person
with two names. That is asinine. I have two friends, both named Mike, but
I can tell them apart by their characteristics and attributes. When you
say Mike who is married to Caron, I know who that is. When you speak of
Mike who is married to Debbie that is a different person.

If your God is the same as Allah
described in the Qur'an you are lost; you will be cast into the lake of
fire by the angels of God unless you turn to the God of the Bible:
for in His Christ alone is salvation.